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  1. General Election 2024

    to help everyone save enough for their retirement. Consumer protection In 2023, it was reported that 40% of all crime reported in England and Wales is fraud, with an estimated 3.2 million incidents taking

  2. Later_Life_UK_factsheet.pdf

    expected to pass the 20 million mark by 20306  The number of people aged 65+ is projected to rise by over 40 per cent (40.77%) in the next 17 years to over 16 million7.  By 2040, nearly one in four people in ... daily; 41% in this age group meet the recommended 5 servings daily (compared with 30% under age 65).40  Older men and women have the lowest rates of current smoking: only 11% of those aged 6574 and 5%

  3. Employment and Contribution policy statement - September 2019.pdf

    the Equality Act 2010 (which absorbed the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations introduced in 2006). 40% of workers aged 50 and over believe they have been disadvantaged at work for appearing too old across ... people continuing working are remaining in their existing jobs rather than seeking new ones.19 A 2011 article from The Economist on this subject concluded: “The idea that society can become more prosperous by

  4. HOPE ENGLISH Advocacy Newsletter October 2023 Final.pdf

    access to GP services is a longstanding issue and recent research I have undertaken has found that over 40% of older people were less likely to try to get a GP appointment or contact an out of hours GP service ... the e-bulletin or newsletter • If you have any comments or questions about the articles • If there’s anything you would like to see in the next e-bulletin or newsletter Email: sue

  5. HOPE ENGLISH Advocacy October 2023 Final.pdf

    access to GP services is a longstanding issue and recent research I have undertaken has found that over 40% of older people were less likely to try to get a GP appointment or contact an out of hours GP service ... the e-bulletin or newsletter • If you have any comments or questions about the articles • If there’s anything you would like to see in the next e-bulletin or newsletter Email: sue

  6. Advocacy Newsletter - October 2018 English.pdf

    increasing, with 900 fewer older people supported than in 2016. Funding and sustainability  Over 40% of providers responded that funding for their current services had less than a year to run; whilst ... code of practice and set of standards.  40% of respondents have gained the Quality Performance Mark and 10% are working towards it. Of the remaining providers, 40% stated that they did not have it and

  7. RB_Feb13_Understanding_the_oldest_old_Improving_Later_Life.pdf

    inevitable Vanessa Burholt 38 Understand that we will still need care homes Julienne Meyer and Tom Owen 40 Maintain personhood Julian Hughes 42 Prevent, identify and treat depression Susan Bedford 46 Allow ... mental ability is fixed across eight decades of life (there is more on this in Professor Ian Deary’s article – see page 46). Similarly, more than half of the people we surveyed had their own teeth. We also

  8. RB_Feb17_The_Health_and_Care_of_Older_People_in_England_2017.pdf

    funding 2016/17 to 2020/21 ........................................................................... 40 3.3 Healthcare workforce ......................................................................... ... Updated analysis estimated that consultations would have reached 340 million a year by 2013 (page 40). Analysis by the Kings Fund found that the number of GP contacts with patients increased by 15.4 per

  9. About HOPE

    The HOPE Project (Helping others participate and engage) is a partnership project between Age Cymru, Age Cymru local partners and Age Connects Wales partners throughout Wales.

  10. IG48.pdf

    Struggling to follow a story on television or in a book, or to understand magazine and newspaper articles. • Repeating yourself or forgetting what you were saying. • Struggling to do things you used to ... main point of contact to support you. Next steps. You can call Alzheimer’s Society’s helpline (page 40) or contact the Admiral Nurse Dementia Helpline (page 41) for support and advice. 11 How might dementia

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